#ADCA51#ADCA51

#ADCA51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.151 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADCA51
RGB	rgb(173, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -27.15, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 62.00, 115.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0782 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.151 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8397, 51.7194, 15.6670)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADCA51 #6E51CA

analogous

#CAAA51 #ADCA51 #70CA51

triadic

#ADCA51 #51ADCA #CA51AD

tetradic

#ADCA51 #51CAAA #6E51CA #CA5170

square

#ADCA51 #51CAAA #6E51CA #CA5170

split-complementary

#ADCA51 #5170CA #AA51CA

monochromatic

#677B25 #8EAA34 #ADCA51 #C3D880 #D9E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#ADCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#ADCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADCA51

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADCA51	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.151 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8da86',
    500: '#adca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adca51;
$custom-light: #c8da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.38,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79335,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADCA51

secondary

#4D3C83

accent

#4BDD6E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADCA51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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